You will make an impulsive decision.

You see gnome Kynth extending his small hand towards you. His gaze and his face show a pitiful expression.

He says: “Please, Ulkin... I really need your help... Together it will be easier for us to survive...”

You smile and you extend your hand to gnome Kynth.

You say with a smile: “Of course. I will do what I must, dear friend...”

You shake hands. But you don't unclench your fingers. You have a strong grip on Kynth's hand.

The next moment you make a sharp and strong movement with your hand. The small and light body of gnome Kynth soars upward. You throw his body towards the road. His body flies quite far.

You don't turn around. You quickly crawl through the tall grass and bushes deep into the forest. You want to get away from the dangerous orc ambush site as quickly as possible.

If you had stayed to watch the orc ambush site, you would have seen what happened to gnome Kynth. His body fell next to the road. Kynth fell on his left leg and let out a cry of pain. A blood stain appeared in the area of his knee. The blood stain began to quickly expand on his clothes. Kynth probably suffered an open leg fracture.

The orcs that ambushed your group were finishing off the wounded mercenaries. A couple of mercenaries were captured, as were some of the brothel employees (Jadak, Lumki, Bomur) and one coachmen. Some orcs tied the prisoners' hands with ropes. One of the orcs walked next to the corpses and cut off the heads, which he then put in a large bag. Other orcs collected the mercenaries' weapons and armor.

The cries of pain that gnome Kynth made clearly attracted the attention of one of the orcs. The orc approached the gnome, who was lying on the ground and groaning. The orc looked at the small body of the gnome with a contemptuous look.

Kynth looked at the orc and began to speak feverishly quickly: “Please... My leg is broken... Help me... I have a lot of money... A lot of gold and silver! I am rich! I will give you gold and silver if you won't kill me! Do you understand my words?! Gold and silver!"

The orc spoke the words in the Orlanian language with a very strong accent: "Understand... Gold. Silver. They are not here. You are."

Kynth began to frantically explain: “I will give you gold and silver! All you have to do is take me to the place where I tell you! And then you will receive great wealth!”

The Orc said with an imperturbably calm expression on his face: “Iron is useful. Meat is useful. Your words are useless.”

After this, the orc made a gesture with his hand and uttered some loud phrase in a language unfamiliar to gnome Kynth. The next moment, a large forest warg attacked Kynth's body. Kynth only managed to utter a squeal full of hellish pain and horror before the jaws closed on his skull. The beast's sharp, dagger-like teeth quickly crushed the skull of gnome Kynth. Streams of blood splashed in all directions. Blood stained the luxurious clothes of the gnome, blood poured abundantly onto the ground.

However, you didn’t see all this.

You ran through the forest in a western direction. You walked deeper and deeper into the forest. After an hour of running, you found a small stream. You have drunk some water. Then you continued running. You ran straight through the water of the stream to throw potential pursuers off your trail.

You ran for a long time. Probably more than an hour.

Finally, you stopped from fatigue. You sat down on a moss-covered cobblestone. You were breathing heavily, sweat running down your body. You thought about your current situation: "I was probably able to escape from those bloodthirsty orc raiders... However, now I am alone in the forest. I do not have any weapons. I do not have normal clothes. I am dressed only in pathetic tattered leather pants. And I don’t know what to do next. The good thing is that I fled in a western direction. This means that I am still in the territory of the Sacred Kingdom of Orlania..."

You have removed the **** collar from your neck. You looked at this collar with anger. You tensed your muscles and you bent this collar. Then you tossed that **** collar aside.

As it fell, the collar made the sound of hitting something hard.

You took a closer look.

You saw hewn stones among the trees, moss and thickets of forest plants. Your **** collar probably hit one of these stones. You began to look around more carefully and you realized that next to you there were the ruins of some stone structures. These ruins are covered with moss and forest plants. Among the grass and bushes, you also noticed something similar to a doorway, inside of which it was quite dark.